袁小修“(《金瓶梅》)乃从《水浒传》潘金莲演出一支”说献疑

An Unsettled Question about Yuan Xiaoxiu’s View “Jin Ping Mei Is Developed from Water Margin”

《金瓶梅》"乃从《水浒传》潘金莲演出一支",出自于这两部奇书的早期读者之一袁小修,迄今已为定论。而细察袁氏兄弟当年对上述两书的闻见言谈,则充满着许多不解和疑惑。仔细疏解之下,我们发现,袁小修的判断不仅是有明一代的孤例,也更像是信口而论。袁氏兄弟的师友如李贽、谢肇淛等人也都对《水浒传》《金瓶梅》有着充分的了解,他们的言谈却反证着袁小修说法的不可靠。史学大师陈垣先生与《水浒传》的早期重要研究者陆澹安先生根据直觉阅读体验得出的推论,可进一步通过对小说文本的细读,加以补充、修正。由此而形成的武松、潘金莲故事的"增益回流论",或许才是两书关系的正解。

Yuan Xiaoxiu’s conclusion about the relation of Jin ping mei and Water Margin is well accepted in academia. However when the author looked into the remarks of Yuan brothers about the two books, there remains a few unsettled questions. It is found that Yuan’s conclusion, which is the isolated case in the Ming dynasty, looks more like a random judgement. Yuan’s friends like Li Zhi and Xie Zhaozhe who were also familiar with both the books, may counteract Yuan’s remark with their speeches. The conclusion of Chen Yuan and Lu Dan’an which was based on their reading intuitions, could be further supplemented and corrected with a close reading of the text. And the circulated feedback may contribute to the relationship of the two books.